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Journals of the Senate and House of Commons of the General Assembly of North-Carolina at its session in 1831/1832

JOUllNAL OF THE SENAiE 135
Received also from the House of Commons a message, stating that they
have postponed indeiinitely the follov/ing engrossed bills, to wit: Tiie bill
to pi'Livent the sale of spirituous liquors in less quau tides than one gallon at
public places in the counties therein mentioned j and the bill to repeal a part
of the third section of the malitialaws of 1831, relative to general olScers.
•Received also from the House of Comnjons a message, stating thac they
have passed the following engrossed bills, in which they ask the concurrence
of the Senate, to wit: A bill supplemental to an act, passed in the year
18S0, entitled an act to regulate the time of holding the Superior Courts of
Law and Equity for the counties of lUoore, Montgomery and Anson; a bill
to authorise the County Court of Northampton county to lay a tax to de-fray
the expenses of the militia called out during the late insurrection in
Virginia; and a bill to alter the time of laying the county and poor taxes,
and appointing constableaA the county of Orange, and for other purposes.
Whereupon the tvvo lirsfroentioned bills were read the first, second and
third times and passed, and ordered to be enrolled; and the last mentioned
bill was read the first time, and, on motion of Mr. Lindsay, ordered to be
indefinitely postponed.
The bill for the better regulation of the town of Pittsboro', in the county
of Chatham, was read the second time, and, on motion of Mr. Skinner, or-dered
to be laid upon the table.
The engrossed bill to authorise the making of a Turnpike from the
top of the Smoky Mountain down the Ocoualufty river, in Haywood
county, and to incorporate a company for that purpose, was read the third
time and passed, and ordered to be enrolled.
Received from the House of Commons sundry messages, stating that thej
have passed the following engrossed bills and resolution, v/ith amendments,
in which they ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: The bill giving the
power to regimental courts martial of laying o(F and altering the several
captains' districts within their regiment; the bill to secure the m.ore per-fect
administration of justice in certain cases; and the resolution to ap-point
an agent to collect evidence and attend to the surveying of the lands
which are now the subject of a dispute, &c. Whereupon the said several
amendments were read and concurred in, and the House of Commons was
informed thereof by message.
Received also from the House of Commons a message, stating their
concurrence in the amendments made by the Senate to the engrossed bill to
authorise the building of a toll bridge over Roanoke i-iver, at the tov/n of
Weldon, and to incorporate a company for that purpose; and the engross-ed
bill to alter the time of holding the Superior Courts for the county of
Haywood. Ordered that the said bills be enrolled.
The engrossed bill to increase the liability of sheriiTs and to provide
more efxectually for the collection of taxes, ".vas read the second and third
times and passed, and ordered to be enrolled.
The engrossed bill for the better regulation of the town of Hillsborough,
was read the second time, and, on motion of Mr. Mosely, ordered to be
laid upon the table.
Received from the House of Commons a message, stating tliat they do not
concur in the amendments made by the Senate to the following engrossed
bills and resolution, to wit: The bill to extend the time within w'hich the
reports of the Supreme Court shall he published; the bill to authorise and

JOUllNAL OF THE SENAiE 135
Received also from the House of Commons a message, stating that they
have postponed indeiinitely the follov/ing engrossed bills, to wit: Tiie bill
to pi'Livent the sale of spirituous liquors in less quau tides than one gallon at
public places in the counties therein mentioned j and the bill to repeal a part
of the third section of the malitialaws of 1831, relative to general olScers.
•Received also from the House of Comnjons a message, stating thac they
have passed the following engrossed bills, in which they ask the concurrence
of the Senate, to wit: A bill supplemental to an act, passed in the year
18S0, entitled an act to regulate the time of holding the Superior Courts of
Law and Equity for the counties of lUoore, Montgomery and Anson; a bill
to authorise the County Court of Northampton county to lay a tax to de-fray
the expenses of the militia called out during the late insurrection in
Virginia; and a bill to alter the time of laying the county and poor taxes,
and appointing constableaA the county of Orange, and for other purposes.
Whereupon the tvvo lirsfroentioned bills were read the first, second and
third times and passed, and ordered to be enrolled; and the last mentioned
bill was read the first time, and, on motion of Mr. Lindsay, ordered to be
indefinitely postponed.
The bill for the better regulation of the town of Pittsboro', in the county
of Chatham, was read the second time, and, on motion of Mr. Skinner, or-dered
to be laid upon the table.
The engrossed bill to authorise the making of a Turnpike from the
top of the Smoky Mountain down the Ocoualufty river, in Haywood
county, and to incorporate a company for that purpose, was read the third
time and passed, and ordered to be enrolled.
Received from the House of Commons sundry messages, stating that thej
have passed the following engrossed bills and resolution, v/ith amendments,
in which they ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: The bill giving the
power to regimental courts martial of laying o(F and altering the several
captains' districts within their regiment; the bill to secure the m.ore per-fect
administration of justice in certain cases; and the resolution to ap-point
an agent to collect evidence and attend to the surveying of the lands
which are now the subject of a dispute, &c. Whereupon the said several
amendments were read and concurred in, and the House of Commons was
informed thereof by message.
Received also from the House of Commons a message, stating their
concurrence in the amendments made by the Senate to the engrossed bill to
authorise the building of a toll bridge over Roanoke i-iver, at the tov/n of
Weldon, and to incorporate a company for that purpose; and the engross-ed
bill to alter the time of holding the Superior Courts for the county of
Haywood. Ordered that the said bills be enrolled.
The engrossed bill to increase the liability of sheriiTs and to provide
more efxectually for the collection of taxes, ".vas read the second and third
times and passed, and ordered to be enrolled.
The engrossed bill for the better regulation of the town of Hillsborough,
was read the second time, and, on motion of Mr. Mosely, ordered to be
laid upon the table.
Received from the House of Commons a message, stating tliat they do not
concur in the amendments made by the Senate to the following engrossed
bills and resolution, to wit: The bill to extend the time within w'hich the
reports of the Supreme Court shall he published; the bill to authorise and